Jean d'Ormesson
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OverviewAI-generated
Jean d'Ormesson was a French male writer whose professional career spanned from 1956 until his death on December 5, 2017. Born on June 16, 1925, he was recognized in the Academie Francaise collection. His literary output includes works such as *Une Autre Histoire De La Litterature Francaise*, *Le bonheur à San Miniato*, and *Una historia sobre la nada*.
Records indicate that he authored nine works, with a specific count of five listed in one database. His bibliography includes *Une autre histoire de la littérature française, tome 5*. The subject is referenced by 169 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Une Autre Histoire De La Litterature Francaise
- Le bonheur à San Miniato
- Una historia sobre la nada
- Una historia sobre la nada
- Une autre histoire de la littérature française, tome 5
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1925-06-16
- Active to
- 2017-12-05
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 88
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,856x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 30,529x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,208x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,655x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,850x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson , ( 1925-06-16 ) 16 June 1925, 7th arrondissement of Paris , France
- Died
- 5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) (aged 92), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery , Paris
- Occupation
- Writer, columnist, reporter, philosopher, newspaper director
- Language
- French
- Nationality
- French
- Education
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Alma mater
- École normale supérieure
- Notable works
- Au revoir et merci (1966), The Glory of the Empire (1971), Au plaisir de Dieu (1974), Dieu, sa vie, son œuvre (1981), C'était bien (2003), C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde (2010)
- Notable awards
- Académie Française , ( seat 12 ), Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française , Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Spouse
- Françoise Béghin
- Children
- Héloïse d'Ormesson
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruno
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Ouest-France
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Noble title
- count
- Academic degree
- bachelor's degree
- Eye colour
- blue
- Image
- JeanDOrmesson-StudioHarcourt-1981.png
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Jean d'Ormesson
- date of birth
- 1925-06-16
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- name in native language
- Jean d'Ormesson
- date of death
- 2017-12-05
- nickname
- Jean d'O
- birth name
- Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson
- end of work period
- 2017-12-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- French
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- relative
- Louis Malle
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson ( French: [ʒɑ̃ dɔʁməsɔ̃]; 16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to which he was elected in 1973, until his death, in addition to his service as president of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences within UNESCO (1992–1997). A major public figure in France, known for his art de la conversation, Jean d'Ormesson was saluted as "the best of the French spirit" by President Emmanuel Macron upon his death.
Early life
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